
Elizabeth Comen, MD, discusses how she balances her love of dance with both her family and her career as a breast cancer oncologist.

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Elizabeth Comen, MD, discusses how she balances her love of dance with both her family and her career as a breast cancer oncologist.

The recommended phase 2 dose for lenvatinib was 14 mg/m2 in relapsed/refractory osteosarcoma.

Data collected from several large studies of women with breast cancer over the age of 65 years at diagnosis show how frequently certain known pathogenic variants occur in different patient subsets.

Genomic classifier scores and basal-luminal subtypes may be biomarkers of response for patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer treated with apalutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy.

Zanubrutinib and zandelisib combination appears to be a well-tolerated regimen for the treatment of B-cell malignancies, according to early study results.

A large meta-analysis showed a one-third reduction in recurrence or death in patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer with 1 year of trastuzumab added to chemotherapy, confirming the benefit of this therapy across baseline characteristics.

A 3-arm randomized study indicated that domvanalimab-based combinations yielded a promising overall response rate for patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer with a PD-L1 status of 50% or more.

Preliminary findings indicate that P-PSMA-101, a CAR T-cell therapy, may be efficacious in patient with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Pediatric patients with low-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia may be able to omit treatment with vincristine and dexamethasone pulse therapy after the first year of treatment.

Autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation appears to improved survival compared with interferon alfa maintenance therapy for patients with previously untreated mantle cell lymphoma.

A number of prognostic and treatment related factors have been found to impact health-related quality of life among survivors of breast cancer.

Patients with cancer and those without cancer had similar serologic results 6-months after receiving their second BNT162b2 vaccine.

Patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma with or without t(11;14) experienced promising responses after being treated with venetoclax plus daratumumab and dexamethasone, as well as venetoclax plus daratumumab, dexamethasone, and bortezomib.

The risk of infection during induction chemotherapy decreased among patients with acute myeloid leukemia treated with romyelocel-L.

Data from patients with gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancers who were treated with nivolumab showed that effects in the genomic pathways of the gut microbiome may be significantly associated with survival.

Zanubrutinib has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of patients with Waldenströms macroglobulinemia based on the results of the phase 3 ASPEN trial.

High intensity interval training yielded decreased prostate-specific antigen levels and velocity, as well as lowering prostate cell growth in men with localized prostate cancer.

The combination of standard chemoradiotherapy plus avelumab demonstrated clinical activity while maintaining a tolerable safety profile for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.

New diagnoses of common cancer types declined significantly during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma and who were treated with gemcitabine plus cisplatin experienced a longer overall survival and improved progression-free survival vs fluorouracil plus cisplatin.

Latina breast cancer survivors are less likely to seek counseling due to concerns that the counselor will not understand their values or have linguistic challenges.

The FDA has granted a full approval to pembrolizumab for the treatment of platinum-ineligible patients with urothelial cancer.

Compared with anti-thymocyte globulin, post-transplant cyclophosphamide appears to more successfully prevent graft-versus-host disease in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, resulting in a lower incidence of relapse and improved survival.

Low study quality was determined in an analysis of real-world studies across multiple drug indications in cancer.

Survivorship incorporated into primary cancer care may be more cost effective and lead to better clinical and patient-reported outcomes in patients with breast cancer and other malignancies.

A new set of guidelines for utilizing radiation therapy in adult patients with soft tissue sarcoma has been published by the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

Patients with relapsed or regractory B-cell malignancies who were treated with zanubrutinib and zandelisib demonstrated high response rates across several treatment cohorts.

Patients with non–small cell lung cancer and small-cell lung cancer with bone metastases may benefit from extended dosing with zoledronic acid.

Minority patients with aggressive B-cell lymphoma experienced equitable outcomes through more accessible care and the use of the nurse navigators.

Updates to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines on the COVID-19 vaccine for patients with cancer indicate that this group should be prioritized for a third dose.